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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Quoting Picasso

To quote Pablo Picasso,

"It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child."

One of my goals with this blog is to post inspiring artwork created by children. The freedom, spontaneity, and non-judgement they bring to their drawings and paintings are the keys to their brilliant originality. We can learn from them!

Some months ago I wrote about my 18 month-old granddaughter being my mini-muse. Here are some of her more recent drawings, done without prompting or planning by adults (as you can tell by the lined paper surface):

by Ember Rose -- 4 yrs. old

by Ember Rose -- 4 yrs. old

This little granddaughter of mine comes from creative, passionate parents, so I know we will continue to see imaginative work flowing from her young mind and fingers.

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I’m Lacie Myers. I keep two sketchbooks at all times: one in my studio and one in my purse. I fill them with drawings of course, but also with quotes, notes, and stories I’ve written.

By the time a sketchbook is filled, it’s an illustrated map of how my creative self has spent the year. I share some of that with you here.

"You sit here for days saying, This is strange business. You’re the strange business. You have the energy of the sun in you, but you keep knotting it up at the base of your spine. You’re some weird kind of gold that wants to stay melted in the furnace, so you won’t have to become coins."
--Rumi